Summary:
In zip code 38138, there is just one middle school, Germantown Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Germantown, TN, with 606 students and a 1-star rating within the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district.
For parents considering this area, Germantown Middle is the only option, and the data shows a school with real challenges but also some meaningful bright spots. The school ranks in the bottom quarter of Tennessee middle schools overall, and its math and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency are well below state averages. Only 18.4% of students are proficient in math and 20.6% in ELA, compared to state averages of 43.0% and 40.6%. Math is especially concerning because proficiency declines by grade: 8th-grade math sits at just 13.8%, meaning more than 86% of 8th graders are not meeting standards. ELA is stagnant at roughly 20–23% across all grades, and while the school outperforms its district in several areas, it still lags the state significantly.
However, there are notable strengths. Algebra I proficiency is 42.9%, well above the district's 18.1% and the state's 32.3% all-grades average, though it falls far below the 88.3% state average for 8th graders taking Algebra I specifically. Science and social studies outperform the district by about 6 percentage points, with 7th-grade science (45.2%) and 8th-grade social studies (45.3%) nearly matching state averages. Chronic absenteeism is better than the district (22.9% vs. 30.2%) but still above the state's 18.3%. The school spends $13,516 per student, yet results remain low, and the consistent 1-star rating over three years points to systemic issues. In short, Germantown Middle is a below-average school by state standards, but the near-state-level results in 7th-grade science and 8th-grade social studies show that targeted strategies in those areas could serve as models for improving the critical weak spots in math and ELA.
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